Mongrel
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Friday 6 Feb
Indie supergroup – yeah, whatever. More important is the amazing merging of cultures and music in politically driven riff s and rhymes. Preach to the beat!
Crystal Antlers
Black Box, Belfast, Saturday 31 Jan; Roisin Dubh, Galway, Sunday 1 Feb; The Whisky, Cork, Tuesday 3 Feb
Brain-melting walls of MC5-like psych-rock noise. And their percussionist is called Sexual Chocolate. Perfect.
The Hazey Janes
Fat Sam's, Dundee, Friday 6 Feb
Pretty darn tootin' shiny indie pop-fuelled Americana, with slabs of powerpop guitar in the Fanclub style; all they need is a teen TV show to soundtrack.